If anything, those comments have made Jordan even more determined to make history and become the country's first female Native American governor. I created the series "American Woman in Politics ...

In passing the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (“VAWA”), Native ... Part I discusses the social and legal history of Native Americans’ interactions with the United States government.

The government wanted to "Americanize" these ... health of Native women and their children. This past is why Native American ...

February Issue Davids joins New Mexico’s Deb Haaland, of Laguna Pueblo, to become the first Native American women to serve in ... issues but the fine print of government programs, says Wizipan ...

When Native American women were abused or victims of violence ... and service providers and their recommendations to the relevant government agencies), they celebrate and they just keep pushing.

In 1850 the California legislature passed an Act for the Government and Protection of Indians that essentially forced many Native Americans into ... killing the men, the women, and the children.

After the war, the U.S. Army awarded Shay a Silver Star for his actions, and the French government appointed ... Nearly 800 Native American women served as well, according to Judith Bellafaire ...

In need of a much larger military, the federal government began to promote ... Unlike African American servicemen and women, Native Americans were not segregated into special units, although ...